Leadership

It’s Your Job to Create Jobs

 Repeat after me - the job of an entrepreneur is not to do the job, it’s to be the creator of jobs. Do you know only 14% of people...

Quiet Quitting – How to Retain Great Employees and Avoid Quiet Quitting

   Secret time: I’m a quiet quitter and I didn’t even know it! Mind blown. But more on that later. First it was The Great Resignation, and now it’s...

Increase Employee Retention With Workplace Diversity

 First, let me state that I’m not an expert in diversity. I’m just a regular human who wants to do some good in the world. Lately there’s been a...

Get Out of Your Own Way – Lead Less

 I cannot drive this home enough: The biggest linchpin in your business is you. Ouch! It’s true. Many times, your great leadership means great removal of, well, you.  It...

Why Employee Ownership is So Important

 Our businesses are continuously changing. It’s the way of the world now. And I want to share something really wonderful that has enhanced our company’s performance. It’s the concept...

Better Business Leadership – Improving Connection and Employee Confidence

   Regardless of the size of your business, your success depends on your leadership. How we’re defining leadership has changed here in my office, and after seeing the significant...

Establish an Authentic Workplace and Give Your Business – and Morale, a Boost

Recently, I was asked in an interview what my favorite business quote is. Immediately, this popped into my head: “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde.  Hands...

How Leaders Can Empower Their Team and Avoid Their Own Great Resignation

There’s been a lot of talk about “The Great Resignation”. I’ll be blunt. Every time I hear the phrase I think about how it could have been so easily avoided. ...

The Greatest Leadership Lesson I’ve Learned

 The best leadership lesson I have learned as a small business owner is this: When it comes to leadership, It’s not about me. (I know, shocking, right?) The real...

2 Leadership Myths (That Need to Go)

 Once upon a time, there was a small business owner named, oh, say, Mike. Mike was caught in the common trap of thinking that to be an effective leader,...

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